Metallic car.



No. 852,808. PATENTBD MAY 7, 19070' W. M. SMITH,

METAL-MC GAR.

APPLICATION FILED 'SE'IH l'l, 1906.

4 SHEETS-SHEET l4 o. 852,808. PATENTBD MAY 7, 19,07. W. M. SMITH.

METALLIC CAR.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 11,1906.

LHSHEETSSHBLT 2.

No. 85.2v

PATENTED MAY '7, 1907.

k w. M. SMITH. 'MBTALLIG GAR. vAPPLIOTIN FILED SEPT. 17,1905.

SHEETSTBHEBT 3- ,NOQ 852,808.

PATENT@ MAY 7, wo?, w. lM. SMITH. METALLIC GAR,

APPLICATION FILED EEPT.`17,X906.

SHEETS-SEEE? @mi bnc u c s eerline secured thereto.

UNIT ED STATES Arnrvr einen.

WARREN M. SMITH, OF BOROUGH 0F PROSPECT PARK, PENNSYLVALXNA ASSIGNOR vTO JOHN A. BRlLL, GF PHELADELlDlilA, FENNSYLVANIA.

itETLLlC GAR..

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all( whom, t nto/,1,1 concern: l

.Be it known that i, WARREN M. Snrrn, :t citizen oi the United States, and a resident 0i the borough of Prospect Perk, county oi" Uehiwere, end State of lennsylvenie, have invented n new and useful Improvement in liletnllic (fu-rs, of which the following is a. speciiication.

'lhe object of my inventiouis to' provide :tn improved metallic car with large windows, which is adapt-ed for street railway use, sud connnonly known es e semi-convertible cer." This object is accomplished hy yrny invention, es will appear below.

'For e more particular description of iny invention reference is to he had to the ac.- coinpanying drawings, forming e perthereof, in which:

Figure 1 is n sectional view ot the side of :t our ernhodying my invention. Fig. 2 is en enlarged sectional view of the root structure and adjacent parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is s section view ol a hrace or sleeve. l"1`. 4

.is side elevation of one end of the sleeve. Fig. 5 is a detailedrvieiv showing a. portion of the root structure.' Fig. (i is e plan view olz s portieri of' the' well ot a car end echennel Fig. 7 is a sectional view teken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 12. Fig. 15 is :in enlarged perspective View, partially in section, of n portion or` the sideot a car, Figs. f) and 10 are perspective views showing' portions ot the stenchons or posts. 11 is e' sectionul'view showing 'portion of Ythe Fig. 12 is e walls and roei' of thecon Fivsfl and 14 ere enlarged detailed 'views ofthe ventilators und the ear structure related thereto. Fig. '15 shows n stanchion below the parts shown in Fig. 12; the seshes sind portion ot the cer being shown in section. Fig. 1,6 is en en largedview showing the structure below whst is showniu Figi 15. Fig. 17 is e sectional view taken iin/the 'line 1'7`-17 oi? Fig.

15, llooking-iu the `direction of the arrows. 1S is en enlarge-d view of tlie Window sill structure. Figs 19,' 2Q and 2.1 show details of construction. i

Throughoiittlie various views -of the drawings," similer l referencecharacters designete similar My inip "ii'vie'fdcer ".lfis provided with the usuel clear story'roofQ, lower'roof 3, sten chiens 4 supporting the roof, letter-boord 5, upper and lower seshes 6 and 7 respectively, belt'reil 9, lower and fixed panels 10 end 11, and sills 12. All these parts have novel feutures, as will appear below.

The upper roof of the clearv story 2 consists of an upwardly arched sheet 13, bounded on each of its edges by angle iron 14, secured by rivets 15, which ,also pass through corre spondingly riveted angle irons 16, which eX- tend transversely across the roof ol the cer to forni rafters for the upper roolc and against whic h the sheet 13 .rests throughout the length of the rafters 16. The rafters 16 rest on lon'itudinal sills 17, preferably mede ol' chemie iron, which run throughout the length ot the deck roof. The sills 17 ere periorated adjacent to 'each reiter 16, and the lower web ot each reiter 16 is slitted vertivcally for :i little less than heli its width end then heut et right angles te torni the flange 1S which rest-s on. the sill 17, und is riveted thereto by rivet 1.9, which posses through 'seid perforation in the upper and horizontlil weh ot the sill 1.7, and through e correspondingenti registering perforation inthe ilongzje .fis the clear story roof is the conventional shape,I the rnl'tcrsl `(uid the sheet motel 13 are inede to correspond.

The sill 17 is supported shown in Fig. 5, by means of smell ongles 2U, riveted by rivets 21 to the srch hars 22, which extend from one decl; rail 23 to the other, und on to the walls of the car, es will appear helow. 'lln` sill 17 is riveted hy rivetsjll to the angle 2i), which rivets pessthrough suitable perfointions in the lower wel) of' the channel iron 17 and the .horizontal weh of the angle plato 20. The arch hers 22 nre inode to rise verticelly from decir reil 23 end then to curve inwardly and upwardly 'to the plete 13, uga-inst which they rest the greeterportion o their length. Between tllese ereh bars 22 ere sashes 25, cornmonly known as ventilators'. These seshes are sup lorted from :treh hers 22 by sheet metal p etes 26, which extend from. one deck` ruil 23 to the other, andwliich also extend to the sill 17, to which it 4is secured by rivets 27. The rivets 27 elso'seeurel englefplates 28 and e strip 29, Whichects es e stop to limit tlieoutwardly movement of the ventilators-25; to the strip A28 is securedltlie vouter finishing sheet 3 0 in tiny suitable rnarinenivhicliistri30- extends `trornthe lower reciE Sit-ofthe plete il Patented May 7, 1907. I

` one side of the car clear to the other, as above and this lnishing strip 3d is suitably recessed to provide for ventilators. Rivets 31 hold this strip 3() in place. 'lhe arch bars 22 do not teriuinate at the deck rail L3, but'are bent downwardly and outwardly to support the lower root 3, and tinally terminate at the eave-beam 32, and are lixed thereon by rivets. The arehbars 22 thus torni earlines for the lower root 3, and they are preferably made of channel iron, and are secured to the cave-beam 32 by rivets 33 (see Fig. t1). 'lheir eentral webs terminate at this eave-beam and their' other two webs are bent so as to rest flat on the upper horizontal web ot' this cave-beam 32, which is preferably a channel iron, similar in all res )et-.ts to the channel iron 17 but somewhat larger in cross-section. On the oarlines'22 rest longitudinally disposed wooden slats 34 which support the usual covering or sheeting 35 for the root' 3, `as is eustomary in such structures. 'lhis sheeting 35 is secured at its lower edge by a screw 36,

and its upper is extended under: a wooden strip 37 over which the strip Bt) is bent as' shownin F ig. 12. Under the Strip 30, and sandwiched in between it 'and the strip 37, isa sill sheet 3S on which the sash 25 rests, and which is bent upwardly and bent over the ldeck rail 23 and secured on the inside of the same by conduit strip 39, over which is an Aornamental molding 4t), which is preferably covered with metal and secured by screws 41. The conduit strip is held in place by means of bolts 42 extending therethrough.

In Fig. 13 .is shown a spring actuated bolt 43, suitably mounted. in the casing 44, lixed on the. sheet metal 30 in any suitable way and so arranged that t-he bolt 43 is heldliu contact with a cam 45 fixed to the outside of the sash 25, which sash is pivoted, as shownv in the dotted lines at 46, so that when the ventilator 25 is open, the s )ring bolt riding on the irregular cam 45 will liold this ventilator in any ot several positions as desired.

Between the oarlines 22, which extend tro n1 described, are shorter and intermediate carlines 47, which extendtron'i the eave-rail 32 through the deck rail 23, as is customary in such structures. lnunediate-ly belowthe carlines 22 are the posts 4, which will. now be described. Eachof these posts 4 is formed above two channel irons 48 andv 49 respecel tively, 48 .being the outer, and 49 the inner one, and these posts extend from the silly .12 to, the eave-beam. 32. The outer channel 48 has its'central .web terminating at the lower edge of this save-beam 32, and its other two webs are extended up to the lower edge'ot the upper horizontalweb of this cave-beam 32, and secured thereto in any suitable manner, as by rivets 331 which also secure the carlines 22 in place. The precise manner of securing these webs together is not material, provided it is suilieiently strong. The (.:liannel iron 48 ol which is .preferably i cept that 1t is made of a wooden tillin'g with is extended down to thebelt rail .l, where lit is cut. away to some extent to permit the intermediate I-beam 50 to pass through itsextreme webs and then extends down. below this and in rear ol the plates 1t) and 11 and is bent inwardly slightly `above the plate .1 v1, as show n in Fig. 16, and is tirmly riveted to this plate` by counter-sunk rivets and secured to the sill 12 in the same manner 'lhe plate 11 is made very solid and lirm so as to greatly strengthen and reinforce the sill 12, and the plate 1t) is also secured by similar rivets .31.. The channel -tt rests onlthe horizontal web ot' the sill 12 and is secured thereto'by a. suitable angle plate 52 and rivets 53, as shown in Figs. 16 and 2tl. ln Fig. 21 is shown a. similar structure, except that the channel beam is not as wide as shown in Fig. 2t). The strueture used at the end ol' t-he ear where only one window is employed, may be made lighter than shown in Fig. 2t). and in such a ease. the

structure shown in Fig. 21 may be employed.

The channel 49 extends upwardly from the sill 12 and parallel with the channel 43, except where the same is curved inwardly above the plate 11, as referred to inthe foregoing, and from this pointon, the said channels 4S and 4t) continue parallel until a` point a little. above the overlap )ing ot the sashes 6 and 7 where the channel 41.) curves inwardly and extends upwardly to the deck rail 23, where it is joined to thecarlines 22 by having its central web cut away and its other two webs turned upwardly against the outer webs ot the carlines 22, and to which they are secured `by rivets 54, or by .0ther suitable means. The channel irons 22 an\d 4S are also reinforced by crossed braces 55 which comprise sleeves 56, which `tit in snug between the ex tremetlanges ofIl the chan` el irons against the extreme tlangehand are `1eld in position by means of bolts 57 through said sleeves and passing through suitable pertorations in irons 48 andV 49. These. channels 48 and 4t) are similarly held in suitable relation by means ot similar sleeves 5S secured by bolts 5t), as shown in Fig. 17. As many of' thesev braces are employed may be necessary; 3' or f1 will be generally found sutlicient for the purpose.

To the upper end of the channels 4.) is seoured a longitudinal wooden strip 6() by bolts or screws, or other suitable means, not. shown, and below this are similar parallel strips 61 and 62 respectively. The strip 62 being .located just above the curtain box, may be designated as a curtain rail, and the rail 61 as-the basket rack rail. 'lhese three strips, 60, ('31 and 62 are concealed by the usual head-lining 63. Secured to thescrai-ls by any suitable means, and outside of they headlining are the usual upper and lower advertising molding 64 and 65, respectively, each of the usual form, cx-

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work ppeers in the finished eer. The rail f G2 may be secured es shown in Fig. '7 by Athe usual intervels. the channels 48 and A19 ere' also united by plates 62 riveted to the channel iroi 49.

I The curtain box 66 appears in tie usual wey below the curtain box mil (52,.end vbelow this is tile usuel molding 67, which is else metal covered, and from this runs thejusuel Curtain groove 68, the outer well of which is formed bythe metallic sheeting 69 bent into the lorin shown ,in cross-section in Fig. i7, and the channel 49 and .the sheeting 69 'is held in pleee by suitable screws 70 placed et Above the belt rail 9 Wooden strips 7l covered by metal sheeting 72 and rnetel .parting strip v73. The wood 7l is held in' proper position by ineens vof screws passing through perforetionsin the extreme webs of the channels 48 and 49 and 'into the wooden liloeks 74 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 15. The screws alsoextend intotlie vseine blocks. The outside parting: strips 7J) are preferably inede of metal und extend throughout the length of the Windows. 'They are secured in place by ineens of serews 76,. ,l

The window sill 7T is preferably made of slieet instel end extends 'from one post #l to the next. other suitable ineens, to the plete if), from which it extended upwerdl and outwardly to shove the -beein 50,' en( then upwardly end outwardly inthe usuel forni of Window sill to the sardi f7, end then upwardly in tlie res-r oi the sesli and inwardly in e horizontal direction' to neer the curtain groove 58.

The side lining 7S is eisposed between the osts Ll in tlie usual Ine-nner, and extends trom the lloor to the plate 7 7 under which it is 'Dent to form the sinne depending); flange 79 to give streng-tir to the inner edge of tlie sheet 77. lt is riveted to this slieet 77 by ineens ol" suitslile rivets S0. The side lining 78 is elso secured 'by ineens ol" screws 8l to e.

'wooden strip fixed to the lower web of tl'ie -besm 5U, and below this, tlie stri '78 is roinforoed by suitably and vertiee dis.

posed Cien-'ts 83, wliieli ere preferably revered 'with inet-el as shown. vThese elests 83 forni the supports for the seats, and run down Werdlyironi the Wooden strip S2 toward the floor. The lower edge of tlieshee 78 lies n suitable angle 8Ll, and e similar one 85 is plaoedlxiglier-up. 'The angle Se reinforces the lower edge of the sheet 7 8, and the upper one assists in sup orting the seat cushion.

The flooring` o' the oar is not shown, nor ere ther-,intermediate sills end the crossings, the platforms sind ends of the eer. As these mirri-*be ot eng-suitable sonstrueftirni,@sid rile? tailed d( ption et tliegn isnnneeessery, .'fllie sssnes' end ere supported 11iv the nisnnerslmwn sn'd described in the Buolinem lts lower edge is {ils-ed by rivets or` tively. That is, Itlie upper snsli 5 luxus; from rails S8, seeured to the deel; rail 25% by bolts S9 neer their opper ends, sind et their lower by screws in the lettenbonrd 'llio channels 32 are recessed et Qi so :is not to inferriere with the movement of the integers (not shown) to Wliioli the sns-l1 (i is severed. n this sash 6 are also the ilang'es for guiding the lower sash 7, preeiselT in said vBuslinazn patents. These ssslies raise between the inner psrtinv strip 74 and the outer perl.A ingr strip 75, precisely nrs set forth iu the Buelrnein patents. To ineke n. tight joint, the upper end outer edge of tlie sftsli rubs against brass Weather strips *32 sei-.ured lo the inside of the letter-board 5 et the top of the window.

As shown in Figs, 17 and i8, the i-liesin 5l) is held to tlie steneliions 4 by ineens oi angles 100 end rivets 101. The outer webs oi the neem 50 are ont sway nt 1.02 to permit the channel 48 to pass uninterruptedly, and the olian'nel 40 is recessed et 103 to permittlie been; 50 to rest thereon.

From tlie foregoinf it is evident tlm/t my .improyeil eer, es above described, is rigid, durable end is es light as is consistent with seid rigidity sind durability. lt is also evi dent that my invention is not limited to the 1reeiee details of construction, but that it is rond enough to oever ell equivalent structures tiret come within the scope of 'the zni nexedeleiins.

Vllist l claim is zl y 1. ln a eer or sirniler devies, steneliions,

eeve-l einns supported by seid stsneirons,

channel iron eerlineseKteliding 'from one esvelieeln to the other; sii-id Carlin/es having their eentrel webs ont ewey end the extreme webs extended laterally, and ineens for securing' seid lsterelly extending ends to the eil-vebeani. f 2.V in e eer or similar device, steneliions, eeVe-oeenls supported by seid stenoliions, ehennel iron berlines extending from one save-benin. to the other, seid eerlines herring then' central webs out sway end the extreme weos extend ed laterally, and ineens for see uring tire laterally extending ends to the eleve beers., deel; reil secured to seid eariines sind sin upper end a. lower roel supported by said eerlinos.

3. ln e eer or siiniler'devie a, esile-beaters, eerlines extending 'from one eeve-lieem to the other, upper and lower roots supported by said eerlin'es, s deck rail secured to seid @verf lines, angles fixed to seid qerlines, channel irons fixed to said angles, and rafters resting on seid elimine, irons whereby seid-rafters coast/wi tli. seid es rlinesto support 'tlieripper roof. y f

4. in. enr, save-beams eerlines- Asecure thereto end extending eeross thereof or" vtli eer, deelt ruil xed to seid eersnes, angle m mi fixed to seid erlines, si lsvrestins; lenfssid ISG 

